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Can “safe” be “bold?”
Bold plays are no stranger to general manager Jason Licht.
It’s why legions of Bucs fans adore and trust him — and why Nick Folk is a proud member of the Buccaneers. [read more]
Tampa Bay’s only Pro Football Hall of Fame voter, Ira Kaufman, has hung his hat at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters since July 2015. His columns pop here every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and his award winning podcasts fire every Tuesday and Thursday.
Today, of course, Ira looks at the NFL Draft in a different light.
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Too early at No. 19?
In a matter of hours, mock drafts will be done for eight months. Or, as Jeff Cameron calls them, “fake drafts.” [read more]
Some fans will be upset.
Gerald McCoy hears you, you drooling jackals. [read more]
One player matches.
Since the hours after the Bucs ended their 2016 season, winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter has bemoaned the lack of explosive plays by his offense. [read more]
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THREE days until the NFL Draft and Bucs Uncensored is on fire. New podcasts post every Monday, Wednesday & Saturday. “The Commish,” Justin Pawlowski (@CommishOnline), includes real fan takes in the unrivaled fun. (Email a 90-second-or-less audio blast to BucsUncensored@gmail.com). Listen now above or subscribe on iTunes right here, or at Podbean.com. *Caution: R-RATED language!* Justin’s work is NOT influenced by JoeBucsFan.com. Joe just thinks it’s great fun and knowledge.
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Big-name Buc weighs in on DeSean Jackson’s first days
Yes, Tampa Bay has only been back to work for six days, strictly meetings and working out and conditioning, per NFL rules. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht
Joe has made the point several times that Falcons fans are never seen weeping, cursing and/or marching on team headquarters because their club coughed up two first-round picks, a second-round pick and two fourth-round picks for the right to draft Julio Jones in 2011. [read more]
24-hour poll launched at 11:58 a.m.
What could have been.
Joe remembers before the Bucs drafted Mark Barron in the first round in 2012, quite a few readers of this here website beat the drum for Boston College linebacker Luke Kuechly. [read more]
Value for Bucs?
There is a chorus of Bucs fans that demand AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht not select a running back in the first round.
You can get a running back later, this loud crowd bellows, even though winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter doesn’t exactly agree. [read more]
New blood en route?
General manager Jason Licht made a confusing statement on radio this week, or maybe it was simply a tip of his 2017 NFL Draft hand. [read more]
Jason Licht takes notes and perhaps issues another clue into his draft mind
General manager Jason Licht got into some habits last season. [read more]
It’s Gil Arcia’s Saturday column! His 11th since joining the team.
Dear teams picking ahead of the Bucs,
You may not be familiar with who I am, but my open letters tend to influence some folks (see the Grimes family). [read more]
You won’t believe this.
Talk about going out on a limb! [read more]
NFL Network’s Mike Mayock dishes on Bucs.
Few NFL draft gurus do the research and homework that Mike Mayock does for NFL Network.
The cherry on top of the chocolate sundae for Joe is that Mayock does one mock draft and one mock draft only. Pretenders should take heed. [read more]
Returning.
So Bucs fans who believe in hopes and prayers and answered Hail Marys will rejoice with raised glasses this evening with the news that oft-injured Jacquies Smith will, barring something totally unforeseen, return to the Bucs. [read more]
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Todd gives advice for those starting up fantasy football leagues in the coming months, explains why he is guilty of loving the NFL Schedule release, and why he’s more excited for another show coming soon to HBO and not the Bucs on “Hard Knocks.”
Yes, the Todd Wright Fantasy Football podcast rolls on year-round! Every Friday on JoeBucsFan.com, and you can find it on iTunes here.
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In the lab
While Joe doesn’t like it, Joe has a very open mind about the Bucs’ great spring and summer “experiment” (Dirk Koetter’s word) that moves emerging star right guard Ali Marpet to center.
Joe has even talked to two big-time offensive line experts about the subject. [read more]
